{"id":7660,"date":"2026-09-17T12:23:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T12:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/?p=7660"},"modified":"2026-09-17T12:23:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T12:23:06","slug":"royal-society-funding-opportunities-autumn-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/2026\/09\/17\/royal-society-funding-opportunities-autumn-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Society Funding Opportunities – Autumn 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Royal Society funding opportunities<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Faraday Discovery Fellowships<\/a> (mid-career research leaders) \u2013 Stage 1 are prestigious long-term awards that will support the most talented mid-career research leaders to undertake high-quality, original research. The programme is aimed at outstanding mid-career STEM researchers and will provide grants of up to \u00a38m over a ten-year period to support the development of world-leading research groups in the UK. Closing 22 September 2026.<\/p>\n

International Exchanges<\/a> are for scientists based in the UK who want to stimulate new research collaborations with leading scientists overseas through either a one-off visit or bilateral travel. Closing 24 September 2026.<\/p>\n

Short Industry Fellowships<\/a> are part of the Royal Society’s Industry programme, enabling scientists employed in industry or academia and\/or their postdoctoral researcher to have shorter, more dynamic engagements between academia and industry, working on a mutually beneficial and collaborative project. Closing 7 October 2026.<\/p>\n

The Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship<\/a> scheme offers a recognised first step into an independent research career for outstanding early career scientists who require a flexible working pattern due to personal circumstances, such as caring responsibilities and\/or health-related conditions. Closing 29 October 2026.<\/p>\n

Opening soon\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Career Development Fellowship<\/a> scheme provides the most talented early career scientists from underrepresented groups in STEM with research funding and high-quality training opportunities to build a strong base for a successful research career. Join the applicant webinar on 6 October, details available on the webpage. Opening 22 September 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Royal Society funding opportunities The Faraday Discovery Fellowships (mid-career research leaders) \u2013 Stage 1 are prestigious long-term awards that will support the most talented mid-career research leaders to undertake high-quality, original research. The programme is aimed at outstanding mid-career STEM researchers and will provide grants of up to \u00a38m over a ten-year period to support […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1878,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16586,16585],"tags":[320931],"class_list":["post-7660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-internships-volunteering-work-experience-opportunities","category-funding-studentships-awards-2","tag-research-staff"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1878"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7660"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7661,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7660\/revisions\/7661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}